The cartels already have control. Now ask yourself who the cartels work for. They stay in business because they are allowed to. Allowing them to be the supplier is the only logical move. They can run the production operations and it doesn't matter how they handle problems. It's much cheaper and allows the POO to stay in the background. Ask Pablo Escobar and Manuel Noriega what happens when you bite the hand that holds your leash. Oh, wait. You can't. They are dead...

I am not your rolling wheels, I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind, I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon, I am the night
The night

The American CIA and Pentagon planners wonder if Mexico will implode and lose the country to drug cartels. We face the possibility of having the 11th largest country in the world being ruled by vicious drug cartels next door to our country. This will have catastrophic effects on the United States in terms of crime, massive US military commitment, millions of people fleeing the war and violence in Mexico and humanitarian aid of enormous proportions.